20240507Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: MAY 7, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF CAPITOL WATER CORPORATION'S
APPLICATION TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR
WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO; CASE NO. CAP-W-24-01.
On March 1, 2024, Capitol Water Corporation ("Company") applied to increase its rates
and charges for water service, requesting an April 1, 2024 effective date for the increases.
On March 22, 2024, the Commission issued a Notice of Application, Notice of
Intervention Deadline, and Notice of Suspension of Proposed Effective Date, setting a deadline
for interested persons to petition to intervene, and suspending the Company's proposed effective
date for five months and thirty days. Only the City of Boise intervened.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
After consulting with the parties, Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of
Modified Procedure, Notice of Virtual Public Workshop, and Notice of Customer Hearing. Staff
recommends an August 21, 2024 public comment deadline, a September 4, 2024 Company reply
deadline, a public workshop on July 10, 2024, and a customer hearing scheduled before the
Commission deliberates.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure, Notice of Virtual
Public Workshop, and Notice of Customer Hearing, with an August 21, 2024 public comment
deadline, a September 4, 2024 Company reply deadline, a virtual public workshop on July 10,
2024, and a customer hearing scheduled before the Commission deliberates?
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Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
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